Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Enable perf events by default

[Atish Patra]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 2:00 AM Anup Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Let us enable perf events by default in RV32 and RV64 defconfigs
> so that we can use RISC-V PMU drivers on various RISC-V platforms.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/configs/defconfig      | 1 +
>  arch/riscv/configs/rv32_defconfig | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/configs/defconfig b/arch/riscv/configs/defconfig
> index f120fcc43d0a..57aaedc7cf74 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/configs/defconfig
> +++ b/arch/riscv/configs/defconfig
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE=y
>  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
>  CONFIG_EXPERT=y
>  # CONFIG_SYSFS_SYSCALL is not set
> +CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
>  CONFIG_SOC_MICROCHIP_POLARFIRE=y
>  CONFIG_SOC_SIFIVE=y
>  CONFIG_SOC_VIRT=y
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/configs/rv32_defconfig b/arch/riscv/configs/rv32_defconfig
> index 8b56a7f1eb06..21d422e740d5 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/configs/rv32_defconfig
> +++ b/arch/riscv/configs/rv32_defconfig
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE=y
>  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
>  CONFIG_EXPERT=y
>  # CONFIG_SYSFS_SYSCALL is not set
> +CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
>  CONFIG_SOC_SIFIVE=y
>  CONFIG_SOC_VIRT=y
>  CONFIG_ARCH_RV32I=y
> --
> 2.25.1
>

I think it is better to enable perf events by adding CONFIG_PROFILING
to the defconfig similar to other ISAs.

-- 
Regards,
Atish